FEPC measure sparks partisan clashes in hearing
Washington reports a stormy FEPC bill hearing with Republicans and Democrats trading charges on civil rights legislation. The rules committee scheduled more questioning next Monday while the Labor Committee previously approved the measure by 14 to 1. The bill would create a federal employment discrimination commission for race color or creed, with exemptions for small employers and states with existing laws.
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Washington
Repubcan
Hiouge Rulex Councilitee
Truman
Rules Committee
House
Labor Committee
Federal Commission
Heps
Smith D-Vak
Allen Alfirst
Smith Aid
Allan
Rep
Colmer
Miyn
Dothan Purebred Hog Show Opens Chamber Sale
Farmers flock to Dothan as the Chamber of Commerce hosts a purebred hog show at Ramsey One Son Stock Water, featuring Duroc hogs from Broyles Durve Farm Live Oak and Catitrell Durve Fairfield. Registered hogs will come with papers, and expect bidders to pay up to 32000 for prized stock.
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Dothan Tomarcow
Aponsocea Duroc
Agriculture Cominiren
Ramsey
Fla
Fairfield
Fis
Agriculture Committee
Amid
Iamugd 2
Ab Sale Tne
Kansas City Politics Described To Reds
A Moscow Izvestia article depicts Kansas City as the closest clash between organized crime and organized politics. It claims democratic clubs in the homeland of the President function as political groups and centers of crime.
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Kansas City
Reds
Moscow
Izventia
Tden
Chamber Says Coal Shortage Critical Denial From President
Washington AP report says the U S Chamber of Commerce called the coal shortage in 36 cities critical as President Truman denied plans to use emergency powers to force full production. The chamber’s survey covered 10 principal bituminous coal regions showing less than seven days supply in 56 towns aided by mild weather.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
U. S Chamber of Commerce Today
Truman
Chamber
John S. Lewie
United Mine Workers
Chambers of Commerce
Senre
Chicago
American Stall Coal Association
Trueman
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Geng Producers Association
Fourman
Moody
Tittres
Ceat
Vheee
Moony
Six Men Charged With Cattle Thefts In Pike And Coffee
A cattle and hog rustling ring in Coffee and Pike counties was broken up by Coffee Sheriff H D Tillman with help from Zion Chapel area farmers. Six men Ray Thomas Ernest Thomas Herman Pury Coley Lee Jacobs Berry Langford A D Langford faced charges of grand larceny. Bond totals ranged to 3 500 with some set at 2 400. The ring operated about two months, stealing cattle and hogs sold mainly in Dothan and Enterprise. Authorities withheld further details while multiple cases are expected.
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Coffee
Pike
H. D. Tillman
Zion Chapel
Eris Paul
Paul i
Zion
Ray and
Ernest Thomas
Herman Pury
Coley Lee Sacobs
Herrry Langford
A. D. Langford
Paul
Purvis
Oliecs
Eiley
Cottee
Traller
Dothan
Enterprise
Sc- Vetter
Jones sets commission race as three contenders emerge
George Whittington reports J M Jones operator of a Morgan Street grocery today qualified for the city commission post opposing Jimmy Thrower for the long term. The race now includes former Mayor Jim Brennan seeking the short term and Joel, a prior candidate, making a three way contest. The City Executive Committee set January 24 as the qualifying deadline and approved a revised window to allow absentee ballots and vice candidates time to qualify.
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George Whittington Tomes
M. Jones
of & Morgan Street Grocery
City Commission
Jimmy Thrower
Thrower
Jones
Jim Brennan
Morris B. Malone
Joel
Commission
Jim Brendan
Smith Hall
Hall
L,s. Deal
Roy Diggers
Roys Lewis
Driggers
Taylor Will Appeal State Court Ruling
Washington Senator Taylor vows to appeal to the United States Supreme Court over a Birmingham racial aggregation case. The Alabama Court of Appeals upheld a $50 fine and 10 day jail sentence for attempting to use a Negro entrance at a 1948 Southern Negro Youth Conference meeting where he was to speak.
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Washington
Taylor
Idaho
United States Supreme Court
Birmingham
High Court
Alabama Court of Appeals
Southern Negro Youth Conference
Housing Hearing Sparks Testy Exchange Over Liar Charge
An opposing witness Horace Russell clashed with Senator Sparkman at a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing on Truman's middle income housing plan. Russell called the program economic falsehoods and socialism while Sparkman pressed him about drafting involvement. The proposal would back government loans up to 60 years at 2.5 to 3 percent to assist low income home ownership through cooperatives.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Horace Russell
United States Savings and Loan Seantee
Maybank
Dsc
Banking Committee
Russell
Urdan
Starkman
Tobey
Flanders
Ives
Torres
State funds for Alabama hospital building tied up
Most of the 8.2 million dollars set aside for Alabama hospital construction is delayed for a year by 24 counties and a tuberculosis program, with 34 counties yet to use their 60 thousand each. Dr. D. G. Gill says funds may shift to other counties if unspent, while formal and informal applications from several counties are in progress.
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Montgomery
Alabama
D. G. Gill
Atate
Giltgala
Clay Dean
Lee
Marion
Lamar
Pickens
Bullock
Conecuh
Marengo
Lawrence
Randolph
Washington
Barbour
Baldwin
Geneva
Jackson
Shelby
Greene
Bale
Wilcox
Crenshaw
Monroe
Churkey
Cleveland
Bibb
Lownder
Dean
March of Dimes drive launches in Houston County
Houston County starts its annual March of Dimes drive Monday with W K Holt as General Drive Chairman. Jack Assery and Richmond Flowers co chair the advance effort, urging all citizens to contribute for polio relief. The Dothan service league will run a Wishing Well at First National Bank to collect coins.
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Houston
March of Dimes
W.K. Holt
ED Deiggers
Houston County
W. K. Et
Laval
Dothan
Firat National Bank
Dothan Service League
Oh Sai Ren
Jack Asseryi
Richmond Flowers
Almot
Sunken British Submarine Reported With 52 Feared Dead
Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid questions on U S policy in Formosa and the Far East. Republican leaders seek a formal review of the Pacific strategic situation, with discussion of potential input from Defense Secretary Lewis Johnson and General Omar N Bradley.
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Don Whiteread
Washington
Dean Acheson
Russia
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Formosa
Far East
Acheson
Capital Wi
Pacific
Connally
D-Tex
Lewis Johson
Omar N. Bradley
Chisis
Staff House Foreign At
From An Are
U. 3
H. Marshall
Harvard
U.S
Nine Bodies Found After Collision A Submarine Sinks
In CHATHAM England divers report discovering nine bodies aboard the sunken submarine Truculent after a collision with a Swedish tanker. Fifteen men were rescued and all five aboard a Lancaster rescue plane were killed during takeoff. Rescue efforts continued as dusk fell with hope fading for others aboard the 76 crew and dockyard workers on board.
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Chatham
Eng
Wittywo
G. B. Middleton
Chatham Avy Yard
Admiralty
Vibe
Royal Air Force Station
Scotland
Rvaret
Bareow Deep
Zest
Ude
Venett
Freighter Arrives in Tsingtao After Yangtze Shelling
Aboard the Flying Arrow the freighter docked at Tsingtao to repair damage from a Chinese Nationalist shelling near the Yangtze. Captain Jones and crew of 44, including 12 passengers, reported no injuries though cargo in No. 5 hold was damaged by a water-logged load. The Nationalists claim port closures extend to all Communist ports while communications remain tightly controlled.
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Waene Rigbardson
Flying Arrow
Tsingtao
U.S
Yangtze
Shanghai
U. S
Baussell
David Jones
Jones
No. S
Frank Gross
No. 14
Dividend Checks Exempt From Seizure For Debts
Washington AP The Veterans Administration said World War II insurance dividend checks are exempt from seizure for debts. Treasury printed a large batch and USPS will mail about 200,000 a day, 1,000,000 a week, starting next Monday. About 160,000 policy holders will receive dividends ranging from 90 cents to 828 dollars, averaging around 123 dollars, with 92.8 million total to be paid by June 30. The payments are also exempt from state short-term taxes.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
A Wee Patron Proposes New Coins Bite and Halfbit
Washington AP Patman from Texas introduced a bill to coin two new values called bite and halfbit. The bite would be twelve and a half cents while the halfbit would be six and a quarter cents.
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Washington
Patman
Tex
Congress
Rigid Controls Seen On Seven Crops in 1951 Budget
Washington AP The Agriculture Department foresees possible marketing quotas and production controls for seven crops including cotton wheat tobacco sugar peanuts corn and rice in 1951 budget plans. Officials stress that setting funds does not guarantee imposition and quotas would depend on crop results and market outlook. surpluses exist in corn wheat cotton tobacco and peanuts while big yields under voluntary programs could trigger controls for 1951.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Truman
Lyerty challenges McCorvey to run for office in Alabama
Montgomery AP report shows State Democratic Chairman Gessner T. McCorvey urged to bar from spring primaries any who oppose the States Rights slate. Gov. Bill Lyerly, soon to be executive secretary, says he plans no run but will consider candidacy if barred from democracy he fought for. Lyerly recalls WW II service and long support for Democratic nominees. Drive carefully safe.
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TMB
Prkmaries
Folsom
Lyerly
Tod McCorvey
Wolsom
Folsomn
Alabama
Truman
Corvey
Atzieg
Europe
Thighpoint
McCorves Pointi
Vienk
Sayr
Davenport Woman Charged with Murder in Ward Fire
A Rock Island woman, Elnora Eppery, 23, is charged with murder for setting a mental ward fire that killed 41 patients at Mercy Hospital. Police say she confessed claiming she believed escape was possible if the building burned. Epperly, jailed in Scott County, was described as mentally ill with schizophrenia by Dr. Werentz Hollgader.
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Davenport, II
Elnora Eppery
Rock Island
Scott County
Clark C. Filsethesterday
Vrais
Brimette
St. Elizabeth's
Mercy Haspital
Werentz M. Hollgader
Daven
Epperly
Bereps
Perly Chereedei
Tae
House Group Advances Cotton Peanut Quota Amendment
Washington AP report says the House Agriculture committee approved a bill to limit cotton acreage cuts to protect farmers, with new county level reallocations. Chairman Cooley said the measure aims to ease inequities, potentially relief for many growers facing larger reductions. The peanut section caps state cuts at the national 23 percent, adding about 100,184 acres mainly for Alabama and Texas.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
Legisa
Cooley
D-Nc
House
Alabama
Texan
Cotton Group Plans Backing for Foreign Markets
Delegates from 17 states prepare for the National Cotton Council meeting in Montgomery Alabama on January 23 to outline plans to recapture prewar foreign cotton markets. West of Memphis leads a pre-conference session two days earlier to frame appropriations for the Marshall Plan era and reduce ECA shipments while plotting new movement strategies. Expected attendees include Lane Kamapolie Comer Sylacauge Leonel and others from Montgomery Alabama.
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Uminia
National Cotton Council
America
Council
West
Memphs
ECA
Ste
Lane Kamapolie
Cop Hi
Comer
Sylacauge
Ala
Leonel
Montgomery
NLRB approves Simon Legree skit at plant election
Norman Walker reports the NLRB cleared a Walter J. Berry Jr. mock Legree skit used at Charroin Manufacturing Diego, California, as Textile Workers union supporters urge a vote. The election results showed 7% for and 134 against the union amid a labor dispute.
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Norman Walker Washington
Simon le
National Labor Relations Board
GIO
Textile Worters
Walter J. Berry, Jr
HLRS
NLRB
Charroin Manufacturing Company
Diego
Call
Berry
Eames
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